ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,323, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to BetaPod Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"System comprising a machine for preparing a smokable product from a portion capsule" was invented by Ofer Kahana (Wilmington, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine for preparing a smokeable product, the machine comprising a housing, a capsule receiving compartment within the housing, the capsule receiving compartment configured to receive a capsule used to prepare the smokeable product, a rolling medium holder movably coupled to the housing, the rolling medium holder configured to receive at least one rolling medium and move between an open position and a...